Donations needed for Myanmar and China

China: Earthquake

A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale
jolted Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan
Province on May 12, causing staggering destruction.

Latest official figures indicate that over 40,075
people are feared dead, over 245,100 are injured, buried or missing,
and 4.8 million people have been displaced.

Red Cross support to those affected by the earthquake in China has been immediate.

The Red Cross Society of China has been providing
non-stop assistance to those in the affected areas, distributing tents,
food, water, clothes and medicine around the clock in the
earthquake-affected areas.

The Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations from the Canadian public to support the relief efforts that are already underway.

Total funds received for the Canadian Red Cross
China Earthquake appeal as of midday May 20 are $5.7 million. This
includes more than $3.7 million donated by generous Canadians, $1
million from the Government of Canada through the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) and $1 million from the
Government of Ontario.

The Canadian Red Cross collects funds to meet the
immediate relief and long-term recovery needs of disaster survivors.
Should donations supporting the China Earthquake relief and recovery
effort meet the amount required, the Canadian Red Cross will cease
collecting donations for the response and will communicate this
information immediately to the public.

Canadians wishing to make a financial donation may give online
at www.redcross.ca, call 1-800-418-1111 or contact their local Canadian
Red Cross office. The 24-hour toll free line accepts Visa, MasterCard
and American Express. Cheques should be made payable to the Canadian
Red Cross, earmarked “China Earthquake” and mailed to the Canadian Red
Cross National Office, 170 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario,
K2P 2P2.

A devastating cyclone hit Myanmar on May 2nd leaving
a trail of unimaginable destruction in its wake. High winds, heavy rain
and flood water have destroyed homes and livelihoods and left hundreds
of thousands of people in urgent need. Latest official figures indicate
that more than 78,000 people are dead and over two million have been
affected.

The Red Cross response was
immediate. Since the cyclone hit, over 27,000 local Red Cross
volunteers have been working around the clock to distribute urgently
needed first aid, shelter and basuc supplies.

To date, 26 Red Cross Red Crescent flights have
arrived in Yangon carrying 302 tonnes of essential relief items and
supplies, with another 230 tonnes scheduled to arrive by the end of
this week.

In addition, as part of the Government of Canada’s
rapid response project the Canadian Red Cross has successfully deployed
2,000 emergency shelter kits into the Yangon region. Myanmar Red Cross
volunteers will distribute the kits which will provide urgently needed
shelter for up to 10,000 people.

While Canadians’ response to this disaster has been
swift and generous, the needs are overwhelming and help is still
urgently needed.

The Red Cross is appealing to the public to give
generously to help the people affected by this disaster. Funds raised
will be used to provide survivors with basic supplies, emergency
shelter, and to ensure people have access to health care and clean
water.

Canadians wishing to make a financial donation may give online at
www.redcross.ca, call 1-800-418-1111 or contact their local Canadian
Red Cross office. The 24-hour toll free line accepts Visa, MasterCard
and American Express. Cheques should be made payable to the Canadian
Red Cross, earmarked “Myanmar Cyclone” and mailed to the Canadian Red
Cross National Office, 170 Metcalfe Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, Ontario,
K2P 2P2.

Comments

34.Human beings can detect sounds in the frequency range 20-10,000 Hertz. If a P wave refracts out of the rock surface into the air, and it has a frequency in the audible range, it will be heard as a rumble. Most earthquake waves have a frequency of less than 20 Hz, so the waves themselves are usually not heard. Most of the rumbling noise heard during an earthquake is the building and its contents moving.